Nigeria, July 13 -- The earnings' season is here once more, with the half-year period already gone past and the publication of corporate results set to commence any moment soon.

The largely positive investor sentiment that dominated trade in that period drove a sweeping rally in Nigerian stocks January though June. That positive has made the country's equity market the best-performing in the world in dollar terms.

If half-year corporate reports come out stronger than they were a year ago, the market could ride on that momentum to turn out a fabulous yield that could meet investors' expectations in the short term.

"Nevertheless, we expect pockets of bargain hunting to emerge as investors gradually position ahead of the H1:2026 earnings ...